ISBN:
9781032606637
,
9781032606668
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 249 Seiten
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in South Asian history 26
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in South Asian history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Assadi, Muzaffar H Colonial and post-colonial identity politics in South Asia
DDC:
305.6/970954
Keywords:
Muslims Social conditions 20th century
;
Muslims Political activity
;
Caste Political aspects
;
Caste Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Identity politics
;
Asian history
;
Asiatische Geschichte
;
Colonialism & imperialism
;
Ethnic Studies
;
Ethnic studies
;
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
;
Islam
;
Islam
;
Kolonialismus und Imperialismus
;
POL045000
;
RELIGION / Islam / General
;
RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
;
Religion & politics
;
Religion und Politik
;
SOC008020
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
;
India History British occupation, 1765-1947
;
Indian sub-continent
;
Indischer Subkontinent
;
Südasien
;
Britisch-Indien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Postkolonialismus
;
Islam
;
Muslim
;
Kaste
;
Identitätspolitik
;
Religiöse Identität
Abstract:
"Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia analyses the colonial and post-colonial documentation and caste classification among Muslims in India, demonstrating that religion negotiated with regional social customs and local social practices whilst at the same time fostering a shared religious belief. The central question addressed in this is book is how different castes assert their identity for classification and how caste encountered colonial documentation. Identifying the colonial context of the documentation of caste among Muslims, and relying on colonial documentation in various census reports, Gazetteers, government or police records, ethnographic studies and travelogues, the author demonstrates the sheer diversity of attempts and caste among Muslims. The book deconstructs how under Colonialism Muslims were categorized into three broad but overlapping categories - Ashraf, Ajlafs and Arzals - and that Muslims were categorized into Asiatic, Non-Asiatic, Foreign, Mixed and Hindustani -Muslim categories. It argues that few colonial theories applied to Muslims. Finally, the author explores post-colonial documentation of castes among Muslims in various Commission reports, particularly in Backward class commission reports and its interplay in the reservation politics of the contemporary period and examines the growth of various Muslim caste organizations in different parts of India and their role in identity politics. Providing a new perspective on the issue of minorities in India, this book will be of interest to scholars of religion, Islam, history, politics and sociology of India"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Religion, caste and discourses : an interface -- Colonialism, enumeration and caste among Muslims -- Muslim castes in census of provincial and presidency areas -- Census and caste among Muslims in South India -- Colonial narrative on Muslim thuggs and criminal tribes -- Caste in ethnographic studies, gazetteers and administrative records -- Caste, reservation and the identity politics : after independence -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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